Key properties of quantum materials stem from dynamic interaction chains that connect
stable electronic quasiparticles through short-lived coherences, which are difficult to control …

Since the first demonstration of the generation of attosecond pulses (1 as= 10− 18 s) in the
extreme-ultraviolet spectral region, several measurement techniques have been introduced …

Attosecond science capitalizes on the extreme nonlinearity of strong fields—driven by few-
cycle pulses—to attain attosecond temporal resolution and give access to the electron …

The present status and development of strong-field nano-optics, an emerging field of
nonlinear optics, is discussed. A nonperturbative regime of light-matter interactions is …

Delocalized Bloch electrons and the low-energy correlations between them determine key
optical, electronic and entanglement functionalities of solids, all the way through to phase …

The possibility to excite and control charges in matter on ultrafast timescales is a key
requisite to overcome the current limits of information transfer and data processing. The …

Attosecond science opened the door to observing nuclear and electronic dynamics in real
time and has begun to expand beyond its traditional grounds. Among several spectroscopic …

The sub-cycle interaction of light and matter is one of the key frontiers of inquiry made
accessible by attosecond science. Here, we show that when light excites a pair of charge …

Ultrafast extreme ultraviolet (XUV) transient absorption is the process by which atoms and
molecules absorb light on a timescale faster than the lifetime of the states involved …

Nobel Lecture: Extreme light physics and application* Page 1 Nobel Lecture: Extreme light
physics and application * Gerard Mourou † Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau Cedex …